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The Travellers and tours 2025 Chess championship - LadiesSection

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21 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in Lusaka - NIPA MAIN CAMPUS, Zambia. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1780, and top seed was Tanaka Dziyanyi (🇿🇼 ZIM, 1964).

Tanaka Dziyanyi (🇿🇼 ZIM, 1964) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Naomi Mwale (6.0) and Lubuuto Bwalya Mulwale (6.0). Dziyanyi shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Sauti Nilla (1662) beat Lubuuto Bwalya Mulwale (WCM, 1927), a +265-point gap.

Location
🇿🇲Lusaka - NIPA MAIN CAMPUS, Zambia
Dates
26 Sept 2025 → 28 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇼Tanaka Dziyanyi1964
Avg top 10
1,780
Participants
21
Titled players · 3
WFM×1
WCM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇿🇲Zambia×18
🇲🇼Malawi×1
🇧🇼Botswana×1
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tanaka Dziyanyi led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
2
2
1
4
2
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Dziyanyi takes lead
Dziyanyi7Bwalya Mulwale6Mwale6Margret5.5Nilla5.5Namakau5.5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE28 Sept

Tanaka Dziyanyi takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Tanaka Dziyanyi beat WCM Lubuuto Bwalya Mulwale (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Tanaka Dziyanyi 6 wins (R3–R8)WCM Lubuuto Bwalya Mulwale 5 wins (R2–R6)Naomi Mwale 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Tanaka Dziyanyi*
1
0
1
2WCMLubuuto Bwalya Mulwale
0
*
1
1
3Naomi Mwale
1
0
*
0
4Bwalya Margret
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tanaka Dziyanyi1964ZIM+6B−2N+11B+9N+7B+4B+3N+10N−5B7.042.546.535.001941-2.6
2Mwale, Naomi1718ZAM+17N+1B+5N−4B+6N−3B−7N+8B+14B6.042.545.028.501879+38.4
3Bwalya Mulwale, LubuutoWCM1927ZAMF+18B+12N+7B+4N+2N−1B+9N−6B6.042.544.527.001884-4.4
4Bwalya Margret1763ZAM+18N+12B+10B+2N−3B−1N+5N=7B−8N5.542.044.023.501809+25.6
5Likando Namakau1755ZAM+16B=7N−2B+13N+8B=10N−4B=11N+1N5.539.542.024.001777+6.6
6Sauti Nilla1662ZAM−1N+15B+20B+10N−2B−8N=11B+12N+3N5.538.539.019.001762+23.6
7Mwilola, Phylis NamasikuWCM1681ZAM+20N=5B+8B−3N−1N+15B+2B=4N−9B5.043.043.520.001766+19.4
8Mututubanya, Portiah1748ZAM=13N+14B−7N+11B−5N+6B=10B−2N+4B5.038.541.521.501735-3.2
9Niza Chilingwe1654ZAMF+17B+21N−1B−10B+13N+16N−3B+7N5.036.036.513.501759+21.0
10Banda Maria1742ZAMF+21B−4N−6B+9N=5B=8N−1B+16N4.039.039.513.251691-10.0
11Namwai Alinuswe V1587ZAM=14N+13B−1N−8N+17B=12B=6N=5BF4.035.035.014.251676+32.8
12kawesha Innocentia1468ZAMF−4N−3B=16N=13B=11N+18N−6B+20B3.530.531.07.251580+20.0
13Mweetwa Victoria1524ZAM=8B−11N+19N−5B=12N−9BF=14N=18B3.030.030.08.751573+14.8
14Mbatha, ConstanceWFM1793ZAM=11B−8N+16BFFF+15N=13B−2N3.026.026.09.001607-27.8
15Zulu Asiya1513ZAMF−6N=18B+20N+16B−7N−14BF=17N3.025.025.05.251552+5.8
16Mary, Mashane1551ZAM−5N+19B−14N=12B−15NF−9B+20N−10B2.526.526.54.251497-12.2
17Kapalamula Martha1492MAW−2B−9NF=21B−11NF=20B+18N=15B2.524.024.04.001460-7.2
18Chitula Agatha1562ZAM−4B−3N=15N−19BF+20N−12B−17B=13N2.026.026.03.501415-32.4
19Kabamba Mulwale Bwalya1710ZAMF−16N−13B+18N+20BFFFF2.011.511.52.501527-19.0
20Ramaselwane Mpho1459BOT−7BF−6N−15B−19N−18B=17N−16B−12N0.526.026.01.251136-47.0
21Mutale Mumba Janelle1432ZAMF−10N−9B=17NFFFFF0.511.511.51.251356-11.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets